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Definition of Old style
1. Noun. A typeface (based on an 18th century design) distinguished by irregularity and slanted ascender serifs and little contrast between light and heavy strokes.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Old Style
Literary usage of Old style
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of Style: A Compilation of Typographical Rules Governing the by University of Chicago Press (1911)
"8 50 old style Italic No. 8 51 Ornaments 106-15 Pontiac 7°-?i Porson Greek 44
Post old style 73 Priory Text 92 Remington Typewriter 88 Remington Typewriter, ..."
2. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Thomas Humphry Ward (1918)
"N HOSPITAL" STAFF-NURSE: old style The greater masters of the commonplace,
REMBRANDT and good SIR WALTER—only these Could paint her all to you: experienced ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"This, with the difference of 11 days between old style and New Style, accounts
for many apparent discrepancies in dates). New Haven Colony Theophilus Eaton. ..."
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